The Kids Are All Right

Children learn best by observing the world around them, and watching their parents have disagreements and coming to a conclusion teaches them that difference of opinion is not a bad thing.

“In the daily grind of life, there’s bound to be moments of dissatisfaction and distress in a partnership,” says Chong Cheh Hoon, certified family counsellor and senior vice president of content at MarriageCentral.sg.

It’s better for your tot to learn how to express his frustrations rather than keeping it all in. Watching you bicker with your spouse can teach him how to express his dissatisfaction in a healthy way so that the issue is resolved. If he never sees Mummy and Daddy express themselves in their relationship, he will never learn to do the same, and this can be emotionally detrimental in the long run…